The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

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In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily… More In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily await the precious booze, Gearhardt must fend off not only Cora and her minions, but a bibulous tribe of Sioux warriors, headed by Chief Walks-Stooped-Over (Martin Landau)-not to mention an outsized sandstorm. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 46 min.
Directed By: John Sturges
Written By: John Gay
Genres: Western, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jun 23, 1965 Wide
On DVD: Mar 20, 2001

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Hung out to dry with nowhere to go but in quicksand.

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Randy T

Satirical and funny! I'd become so accustomed to Burt Lancaster in serious dramatic roles that his brilliantly subtle humor took me by surprise. *NOTE: Watch for a very thin Donald Pleasence as the prognosticating 'Oracle'.

Cast

            Burt Lancaster as Col. Thadeus Gearhart

            Lee Remick as Cora Templeton Massingale

            Jim Hutton as Capt. Paul Slater

            Pamela Tiffin as Louise Gearhart

            Donald Pleasence as Oracle Jones

            Brian Keith as Frank Wallingham

            Martin Landau as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

            John Anderson as Sgt. Buell

            Tom Stern as Kevin O'Flaherty

            Robert J. Wilke as Chief Five Barrels

            Jerry Gatlin as First Brother-in-Law

            Larry Duran as Second Brother-in-Law

            Jim Burk as Elks-Runner

            Dub Taylor as Clayton Howell

            John R. McKee as Rafe Pike

            Helen Kleeb as Henrietta

            Noam Pitlik as Interpreter

            Carl Pitti as Phillips

            Bill Williams as Brady

            Marshall Reed as Carter

            Ted Markland as Bandmaster

            Buff Brady as Bilkins

            Bing Russell as Horner

            Karla Most as Mary Ann

            Elaine Martone as Loretta

            Hope Summers as Mrs. Hasselrad

            Whit Bissell as Hobbs

            Val Avery as Denver Bartender

            John Dehner as Narrator

            James Burke
            
            William 'Billy' Benedict as Simpson
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